YAHOO NEWS
 
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has taken a prominent position in Japan’s latest defense whitepaper, with the government warning the conflict represents “a new period of crisis” in this century.
The document, released last week in Japanese with an accompanying English-language digest...

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CNA
 
Japan is encouraging regional authorities to take their own counter-measures against the spread of a new coronavirus variant that has sent cases surging to record levels but there is no plan for any sweeping national measures.
A seventh wave of COVID-19 pushed the daily tally of new cases i...

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JAPAN  TODAY
 
Japan on Thursday reported 233,094 coronavirus cases, a record high for the second straight day. Eighteen prefectures also recorded their highest numbers.
The Tokyo metropolitan government reported a record high 40,406 new coronavirus cases, up 11,370 from Wednesday.
Kyodo News rep...

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NHK
 
In Japan, doctors and nurses are having a tough time dealing with surging coronavirus cases. July's trend of record-breaking daily case counts continues with health authorities across the country reporting yet another new high.
Japan confirmed nearly 210,000 new cases on Wednesday. Twenty-f...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan had the world's highest number of new coronavirus cases in the week to Sunday with more than 969,000, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
It was followed by the United States at around 860,000 new infections and Germany at about 570,000, the WHO said.
Japan is seeing...

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CNN
 
Countries across Asia are on high alert for monkeypox, screening travelers and scrambling teams of medics, as they report their first cases of the virus, now identified as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Japanese authorities on Monday announced the first de...

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REUTERS
 
Japanese defence forces will participate for the first time in military exercises in Indonesia next month alongside the United States and Australia, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday after talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Japan's involvement comes as Wa...

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BBC
 
A member of a gang of monkeys that has terrorised residents of a Japanese city for weeks has been caught and killed, officials say.
The macaques have injured almost 50 people in Yamaguchi.
The male primate was found in the grounds of a high school on Tuesday evening by specially commission...

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NHK
 
Restaurants in Japan are increasing their offerings of dishes made only with plant-based ingredients. That's as more consumers express concern about their health and the environment.
Noodle-soup chain Ippudo started selling bowls of ramen without any animal-derived ingredients from early Ju...

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CNA
 
Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor, received a diagnosis of heart failure last month, but his condition has improved under treatment, an official at the Imperial Household Agency (IHA) said on Tuesday (Jul 26).
Akihito, 88, stepped down in 2019 in the first abdi...

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